I've got a directory called "secure" that I mount on my laptop via sshfs whenever the server is in reach.
While this server is in reach I want to keep it in two-way sync with a directory called "sync".
The "secure" directory is mounted with pam_mount at login and unmounted at logout. I have setup pam_script to create a symbolic link to "sync" when the mount fails and to remove the link on unmount.
In my first attempt was to run unison with pam_script:
#!/bin/bash
#pam_script_ses_open (runs at the start of a session)
home=eval echo ~$PAM_USER
secure=$home/secure
sync=$home/sync
if mount|grep "$secure"; then
echo Synchronizing with server $sync : $secure
unison "file://$sync" "file://$secure"
else
ln -s "$sync" "$secure"
fi
And for end of session:
#!/bin/bash
userid=$PAM_USER
home=eval echo ~$userid
secure=$home/secure
sync=$home/sync
if mount|grep "$secure"; then
echo Synchronizing with server
unison "file://$sync" "file://$secure"
else
rm "$secure"
fi
Both these scripts run under root.
At logout the two directories synchronize just fine.
At login however I get the following error message:
Synchronizing with server /home/users/user/sync : /home/users/user/secure
Contacting server...
Fatal error: Wrong number of roots: 2 expected, but 4 provided (ssh://user@server/, /home/users/user, file:///home/users/user/secure, file:///home/users/user/sync)
(Maybe you specified roots both on the command line and in the profile?)
I have verified that no ".unison" directory exists in any users home directory and did apt-get purge unison followed by an apt-get install unison.
I am not entirely happy about using unison in this way (even if it did work) because it would only synchronize at login and logout. It would not be a live synchronization.
How can I get sshfs or fstab to start a live synchronization whenever the directory is mounted or if that is not possible, why is unison failing in my current setup?
I am looking for a clean and robust solution.
